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KOWA · OWA

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport

44.12340°N
-93.26060°W
ARR / DAY
0
98.2%
DEP / DAY
0
98.5%

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA/OWA) is a small general aviation airport located in Owatonna, MN, 40 mi west of Rochester. It features 1 runway measuring 5,500 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
3 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KOWA 260115Z AUTO 21003KT 9SM OVC022 27/25 A2987 RMK AO2 T02650246

Runways

1 installed

5,500 FT MAX
12/30
5,500 ft × 100
CON● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

12
54% of ops
285 land · 216 TO
30
46% of ops
246 land · 241 TO
Runway 12 carries 54% of operations (285 landings, 216 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 46%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

12 285 landings
UA 8%
30 246 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 12 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 285 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
10.2
flights/day · 305 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 10.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (10.0 vs 10.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (52% of 272 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 119.800
APCH 251.125
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 128.325
OTHER 122.200
OWATONNA 122.200
OTHER 132.350
ROCHESTE 132.350
OTHER 307.300
ROCHESTE 307.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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